Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

The Dark Magician, along with its matching Continuous Spell Card Dark Magic Circle and Continuous Trap Card Eternal Soul, were all cards I was using for the first time...

Who exactly was the person who just said those words?

Marufuji Sho: "Huh...?!"

Unlike Kagurazaka, whose face was filled with surprise and uncertainty, Marufuji Sho, who had fallen into the seawater, seemed to have seen a savior and suddenly stood up, looking in the direction from which the sound came.

That voice... it's that man!

Da da da da da da…

The duel between Kagurazaka and Marufuji Sho came to a halt due to the sudden sound.

In this eerily quiet atmosphere, a series of rhythmic footsteps, neither hurried nor slow, broke the momentary tranquility.

Then, at the end of the road, a black-haired boy wearing an Osiris uniform, with a black glowing duel disk on his arm and a playful smile on his face, slowly walked towards Kagurazaka and the others.

Under the interplay of moonlight and starlight, the hero arrived late.

Fortunately, we still made it in time.

"Xiang, what happened to you? You look so disheveled!"

Yusei, ignoring Kagurazaka's questioning, tucked the hand with the Duel Disk on his left arm into the pouch at his waist and walked to the shore. He then reached out his right hand and pulled Marufuji Sho back to shore from the shallows.

Upon seeing Marufuji Sho's disheveled appearance, Yusei couldn't help but make a teasing sound.

"Yusei! You've come at the right time! That guy over there named Kagurazaka is the culprit who stole the deck. I'm dueling with him right now!"

Marufuji Sho, who had climbed out of the water, couldn't wait to stretch out his arms and start shouting in the direction of Kagurazaka.

Seeing a powerful figure like Yusei arrive, Marufuji Sho felt a surge of confidence.

"Hmph... You scared me! I thought it was someone important, but it's just another piece of trash from Osiris Red..."

Kagurazaka was quite annoyed that Yusei had ignored him, so naturally he wouldn't utter anything meaningful at this moment.

"Kagurazaka! Watch your tone!"

Before Yusei could refute Kagurazaka's taunts, Marufuji Sho couldn't help but shout angrily, "The one in front of you is Osiris Red's No. 1, the Duel Academy's Supernova, a powerhouse even my brother Caesar couldn't defeat..."

"How dare you speak to this esteemed person in such a tone..."

Marufuji Sho gestured with his thumb across his neck, then continued his threat, "I think you're tired of living!"

Youxing: “…”

Kagurazaka: "..."

Hearing the effusive praise from Marufuji Sho, Yusei raised an eyebrow.

I'm super...

Marufuji Sho, you're not trying to cling to me, are you?!

Your older brother is Yuki Judai, not me... OK?

Even if you flatter me like this, I won't give you anything in return!

"What?! The invincible Caesar... that man at the pinnacle of the Duel Academy... actually lost to a lousy student from Osiris Red?"

Upon noticing the significant information contained in Marufuji Sho's statement, Kagurazaka's expression immediately became quite interesting.

Just as he was about to say something more because of this unexpected and explosive news, another wave of crowds approached.

"Ah! Found him, the suspicious guy!"

"It's here... Is this the direction from which the light is coming from?"

"Huh...? What happened to the duel? Why is there only a messy-haired idiot standing there motionless?"

Jaden Yuki, Daichi Misawa, and Hayato Maeda also came into view at this moment.

"Holy crap! ...It's a dark magician!"

Upon seeing the dark magician Mahad standing before him, holding his staff and meditating with his eyes closed, Jaden Yuki couldn't help but let out an excited exclamation.

"Kagurasaka...it really was you!...You're the culprit who stole the deck!"

Looking at Kagurazaka, who was standing on the other side of the reef and was currently manipulating the [Black Magician], and who was also a member of the Sun God Yellow like himself, a look of heartache flashed across Misawa Daichi's face.

"What were you thinking, doing something like this?!"

To become stronger, they are willing to resort to such despicable means!

Stealing someone else's deck, just to win the duel...

This behavior itself is already a crime!

Kagurazaka, who has gone astray, no longer deserves to be called a true duelist!

"Hmph... Misawa, huh?"

With a disdainful snort, Kagurazaka's face was filled with a mixture of jealousy and anger: "What do you know about me, someone who can ascend to Obelisk Blue at any time?"

"If you can't understand my feelings and my sorrow, what right do you have to judge my actions?"

"This...I...uh..."

Speechless at Kagurazaka's question, Misawa, stunned, made an inappropriate gurgling sound.

Indeed, Misawa Daichi, who knew about Kagurazaka's experiences, did not take any initiative to do anything, but simply expressed his opinions like an observer.

He originally had the opportunity to prevent Kagurazaka from going astray.

However, recently Misawa Daichi has been focusing all his time on building his own new deck specifically for Yusei and Yuki Jaden's "Hero" deck, so he hasn't had time to pay attention to Kagurazaka...

"Kagurasaka, hurry up and return the stolen deck! If you apologize now, Professor Chronos definitely won't pursue the matter."

Seeing that Misawa Daichi's questioning was useless, Yuki Judai uttered words of persuasion to surrender.

(Professor Kunonos: You stole a card, huh? ...I'll eat my hat if I don't beat you to death, you bastard!)

"Will that petty Professor Kunonos forgive me for stealing the deck?"

Looking at the completely unfazed Jaden Yuki with an expression as if he were an idiot, Kagurazaka continued sarcastically, "...Do you think I'm an idiot? Or...do you think I'm as stupid as you?"

"Ah this..."

Following the sinking of Misawa Daichi, Yuki Jaden was also subsequently sunk...

"It seems that persuasion is useless..."

After joining up with the others who had arrived, Yusei, who had been pondering since the beginning, saw that his verbal attacks were ineffective against Kagurazaka, so he patted Marufuji Sho on the shoulder and reminded him, "Now, it's still your duel time, hurry up and go!"

Although he really wanted to take Marufuji Sho's place, he shouldn't be depriving him of his right to duel at this time.

First come, first served; waiting a little while is not unacceptable.

Anyway, now that Kagurazaka has obtained the deck and has been recognized by everyone, he can't escape tonight.

Even without defeating him, tonight's events are essentially over.

"Ok!"

Nodding to Yusei, Marufuji Sho stepped back onto the rock and looked at Kagurazaka opposite him: "The duel continues, I haven't lost yet!"

"Hmph! Then let's get started!"

A little annoyed by the persuasion of the others, Kagurazaka waved her hand impatiently.

"Next, I will move on to my main phase 2..."

The invincible bicycle has been sent to another dimension (except for that), and at this moment, Marufuji Sho's field only has one more [Blender Man] in defense position (defense power 2200).

Unable to continue attacking, he naturally had to end his battle phase and move on to main phase 2 to prepare for the next round.

"I Normal Summon [Jetman] (Machine/WIND/Level 4/ATK 1200/DEF 1800) in Attack Position, then I Set Away a Card, and end my turn!"

With a burst of white light, the red fighter jet, after being personified, appeared in front of Marufuji Sho.

Like other robot monsters, the Jet Man's appearance is rather cartoonish, lacking much of a sense of majesty.

Kagurazaka currently only has one copy of [Dark Magician] in her deck, so theoretically, the combination of "Special Summon Eternal Soul → Banish one card with Dark Magic Circle" can only be used once.

Unless, in the next turn, Kagurazaka performs a Tribute Summon, sacrificing [Dark Magician], and then Special Summoning it from the Graveyard.

Having figured this out, Marufuji Sho decided to repeat his old trick, just like when he defeated Kagurazaka last time. The moment Kagurazaka launched his monster attack, he would deflect the damage back through the Magic Cylinder!

"Hmph! [Jetman]... A monster that allows you to activate a Trap Card from your hand when attacked... Marufuji Sho, do you still want to use that move?"

Recalling the previous crushing defeat, Kagurazaka's expression turned grim.

Don't think the same tricks will work on me again!

Kagurazaka placed her palm on the deck and forcefully drew a card from it: "My turn, draw!"

The act of frantically drawing cards contains a farewell to the cowardly self of the past.

Kagurazaka flipped the card over, and the moment he saw the card illustration, the corners of his mouth involuntarily twitched into a crooked smile.

"Hehehehe... Hahahahahahaha..."

An eerie laugh echoed through the silent night sky. Kagurazaka, who had already laughed for what seemed like the umpteenth time, exclaimed once more, "So strong... This deck is just too strong! Just when I think I've reached my limit, new power always appears before my eyes!"

"...Marufuji Sho, you're already dead!"

With a strange glint in his eyes, Kagurazaka uttered these words and then slammed the card in his hand onto the Duel Disk: "Spell Card - [Eye of Timaeus] Activated!"

"You can target 1 'Dark Magic' monster you control; send that monster to the Graveyard as Fusion Material, and Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster with that card's name listed as Fusion Material from your Extra Deck."

It wasn't a superior summon, nor a ritual summon, but a fusion summon like the one involving the bicycle...

Furthermore, it's a special Fusion Summon performed using special cards!

"Fusion?! It's actually fusion summoning!"

"How could that be? Doesn't Fusion Summoning require the use of a [Fusion] Spell Card?"

Upon hearing Kagurazaka explain the effects of the magic cards, the onlookers couldn't help but show expressions of surprise.

The three-for-one fusion summoning is basic knowledge written in textbooks...

However, the scene before us has broken this conventional rule!

"A fusion summon performed using the [Dark Magician] as material... Could it be that monster?"